Medical Emergencies
If you are not sure, call the ambulance anyway. Ambulance paramedics can always attend, assess the situation and then leave if the person at home does not require further treatment. It is best to be safe.
Medical Emergencies Include:
- Sudden collapse
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Uncontrolled bleeding
- Car Accident
- Fall
- Fractured bones
- Severe abdominal pain
- Severe back pain
- Choking
- A severe burn or scald
- Convulsions or fitting
- Stroke (possible) – especially if there is numbness, loss of function of hand, arm or leg, slurred speech, facial droop or severe abrupt headache.
- Medication overdose – if too many tablets have been taken by mistake
- Electrical shock – of any kind
- Hypothermia or heat stress – which is severe